Rise of the mega-farms: American farms have swelled, and North Dakota is leading the way

Rise of the mega-farms: American farms have swelled, and North Dakota is leading the way

Kia Farhang The Dickinson Press

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news MOORETON — You can’t just fix tractors anymore.
The machines Wayne Ward collects, the tractors from a bygone era — those could be repaired by hand.
Today’s tractors, though, are packed with electronic equipment. Specialists need to hook them up to computers to diagnose problems. And they’re...
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2014-07-05 23:47:25

MOORETON — You can’t just fix tractors anymore.

The machines Wayne Ward collects, the tractors from a bygone era — those could be repaired by hand.

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Today’s tractors, though, are packed with electronic equipment. Specialists need to hook them up to computers to diagnose problems. And they’re huge — five to six times larger than the ones in Ward’s collection.